Honey and medicine: the sweeter side of medieval warfare
The Medieval Podcast - Un pódcast de Medievalists.net - Jueves
The medieval period is routinely slammed as a time in which people had little to no medical knowledge, but the people of the Middle Ages had a much better understanding of how to heal themselves than modern popular culture would suggest. In this episode, Danièle speaks with Dr. Ilana Krug about the use of honey in medieval military medicine and the time Henry V got an arrow in the face.